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I spent some time figuring out who was the Most Accurate Judge. I did this by comparing the judges rankings versus the final tallied rankings. If they had ranked Edric #1 and Edric came in #1 that round, they got ZERO points. If Edric came in 3rd, they got 2 points. One point for each position away from their final ranking. Like golf, low scores were best. I spent about 45 minutes figuring it out for the Round 1 scores one afternoon. Then I realized that Dave Leigh could probably set up a spreadsheet that could do the calculations for all the rounds in about the same time, so I gave it up. But you might be surprised at which judges were the "most accurate"! (And does that mean MOST influential?)

As always, thanks for SpinTunes #1. Congrats to Kevin and Ross for making it to the final round and to Kevin for getting the "No-Prize" win!

I'm thinking of running an interim songwriting or recording project or contest through "The White Elephant Music Club" on facebook. My hope is that "The White Elephant Music Club" can be a place where folks can stay connected and interact between and around music events like SpinTunes, SongFight and the Nur Ein.

Actually, *I* am the most accurate judge, as I always get it right. Unfortunately, the others are so off the mark that they skew the results, making it look as if I'm not correctly identifying the best entries. *sigh* :)

Sorry to say it again (not really) but the stats above only show (to me! ;' ) )that the 'cumulative' voting is the fairest way to run this.Cumulative to the last four and THEN zero them for a *best score* from all entrants for the win.